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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1952Community Development Programme started.
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".
7/16/1914N. E. Balram, communist leader, died.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
12/24/1972Daily newspaper ""Janshakti"" published it's first edition at Jalgaon.
4/20/1971India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team.
10/14/1930The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'.